Draft terms of reference produced for inquiry into Defence Forces abuseWomen of Honour group criticises terms as overly narrow and raises concerns about transparencyTue May 02 2023 - 17:40
Investigation launched after death of woman in Sligo in ‘unexplained circumstances’Woman was found by gardaí in house in Sligo Town on Monday eveningTue May 02 2023 - 11:30
Homeless soldier with infant child denied military accommodationDepartment of Defence says ‘provision of residential accommodation not provided to members of Defence Forces’Fri Apr 28 2023 - 19:00
Seven prisoners hospitalised after taking drugs thrown over wallIrish Prison Service director general Caron McCaffrey concedes drugs problem getting worseFri Apr 28 2023 - 13:10
Gardaí release without charge man arrested in Gsoc investigator inquiryMan (60s) was arrested as part of investigation into officer’s attendance at party for Gerard HutchFri Apr 28 2023 - 07:53
Prison overcrowding being driven by 50% rise in number of sexual offendersNumber of people serving sentences for sexual offences increases by 50 per centFri Apr 28 2023 - 00:01
New prison may be needed to handle overcrowding, Minister for Justice saysThere are 4,400 spaces in the system but the need to separate gangs means the true capacity is about 4,200Thu Apr 27 2023 - 13:19
Man arrested as part of inquiry into Gsoc investigator’s attendance at Hutch partyArrested man held for questioning under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice ActThu Apr 27 2023 - 10:10
Chronic overcrowding in prisons allows bullies to ‘thrive’ and will only get worse, Minister to hearSimon Harris to announce 400 new prison places over the next five years in response to crisisThu Apr 27 2023 - 05:00
Trooper Shane Kearney undergoing further surgery after Lebanon attackThe Defence Forces said the operation will “hopefully” be the last one the 22-year-old requiresWed Apr 26 2023 - 14:10
AI speed cameras capable of detecting phone and seatbelt use considered by GardaNew technology may form part of €100m system operated by a private companyTue Apr 25 2023 - 05:00
Sudan conflict: evacuation of Irish citizens slows but continues on EU partner planesIrish diplomats and soldiers will travel to country in small teams on Tuesday to process fleeing Irish citizens’ identification documentsMon Apr 24 2023 - 20:08
Special Criminal Court review group split on whether court should be retainedMinority opinion in favour of abolition may be awkward for Government which believes non-jury court still neededMon Apr 24 2023 - 05:00
Garda examining attendance of Gsoc investigator at Hutch acquittal partyGsoc official had been involved in investigating suicide of Det Supt Colm Fox during previous Hutch trialSun Apr 23 2023 - 19:16
Defence Forces team being deployed to Sudan to help evacuate Irish citizensMore than 150 Irish citizens in Sudan seek help as evacuation operation in Khartoum at ‘highly sensitive’ stageSun Apr 23 2023 - 18:02
Gsoc officer’s alleged attendance at party with Gerard Hutch ‘a serious matter’, says MinisterMinister says confidence in gardaí remains strong after ‘isolated’ controversy which led to officer’s resignationSat Apr 22 2023 - 11:57
Gsoc officer resigns amid allegations he was at party which Gerard Hutch attended on MondayA spokesperson for Minister for Justice told The Irish Times that Department of Justice and the Minister were aware of the incidentFri Apr 21 2023 - 20:58
Inside the Gerard Hutch PR machine: ‘Whether it was intentional or not, he did very well at marketing himself’For some of his victims, the view of Gerard Hutch as a Robin Hood figure is hard to stomach but there is a different view in Dublin’s north inner cityFri Apr 21 2023 - 19:12
Man (20s) dies after being stabbed during row at hostel in Portobello, Dublin 8Gardaí arrest man in his 40s after incident on Harrington StreetWed Apr 19 2023 - 17:38
Jonathan Dowdall leaves a trail of questions for Sinn Féin as he retreats into witness protectionSinn Féin’s political rivals sure to make hay out of party’s alleged knowledge or otherwise of Dowdall’s criminal pastWed Apr 19 2023 - 05:00
Jonathan Dowdall accepted into witness protection despite Hutch acquittal State witness criticised by judge for ‘pattern of lying’, meaning court obliged to treat evidence with ‘scepticism and extreme care’Wed Apr 19 2023 - 01:00
Child victim of bulldog attack sues over failure to prosecute ownerMother told it was not a criminal matter as incident happened on private propertyTue Apr 18 2023 - 21:24
Hutch trial highlights worrying Garda failuresAnalysis: For many, it beggars belief that, in advance of the most high-profile organised crime trial in decades, tracking data relating to Gerry Hutch was deletedMon Apr 17 2023 - 21:02
Far-right sympathiser was buying explosives for terror attack in Ireland, gardaí believeMark Wolf was also preparing to start making his own guns using a newly purchased 3D printerMon Apr 17 2023 - 03:30
Alleged Balkan war criminal found living in Ireland after many yearsVojislav Buzaković extradited to Croatia to face charges relating to abduction and abuse of civilians in early 1990sFri Apr 14 2023 - 11:57
Car involved in Galway crash belonged to relative of teenage occupantLukas Joyce and Kirsty Bohan, both 14, died in the single-vehicle collision in Headford on MondayThu Apr 13 2023 - 16:48
Fourfold increase in prisoners sleeping on floor as officials warn of safety risks in MountjoyIt is understood prison officials are considering purchasing bunk beds to alleviate the problemMon Apr 10 2023 - 05:00
Plans to spend over €3.2m on renting private jets for Government officialsTwo jets to be leased to fill gap caused by ongoing mechanical issues with Air Corps LearjetMon Apr 10 2023 - 05:00
Defence Forces members ‘practically defamed’ by abuse report, says representative groupRepresentative Association of Commissioned Officers said it ‘cannot simply allow all members to be tarred with the same brush’ by report's ‘generalised language’Sat Apr 08 2023 - 00:30
Man (42) questioned over Eddie Hutch murder considered one of the country’s most dangerous criminalsTaxi driver had been shot dead in Dublin north inner city in February 2016Fri Apr 07 2023 - 12:31
Garda unit set up to investigate ‘predators’ in Defence ForcesOperation will collate information and attempt to identify “predators”, Garda Commissioner saysWed Apr 05 2023 - 15:05
Culture wars fail to eclipse staffing concerns at Garda conference'We’ve more important things to worry about' was a phrase uttered more than once by gardaí at AGSI gatheringTue Apr 04 2023 - 17:17
Garda body will co-operate with Biden visit but may withdraw labour at later date over roster disputeAgsi members will take industrial action ‘on a particular day’ if a resolution is not found and the dispute continues to escalateTue Apr 04 2023 - 13:42
Garda representative chief refuses to rule out industrial action during Biden visit‘At this point in time I can’t reassure our members on anything,’ says Antoinette Cunningham on day one of AGSI annual conferenceTue Apr 04 2023 - 05:00
Garda representative chief welcomes ‘clarity’ from Eoin Ó Broin over eviction tweetControversy over the post, along with rosters and gender recognition directive, expected to dominate three-day Garda conferenceMon Apr 03 2023 - 14:26
Sharp rise in serious offending last year with near doubling of murdersOne of the few crime categories to see a decrease was fraud offences which peaked during the pandemicSat Apr 01 2023 - 05:00
How drug debts are used to control Irish communities: ‘Men are forced to go to jail on someone’s behalf’A distressing new criminal trend is spreading misery throughout the State, and anyone could be targetedSat Apr 01 2023 - 05:00
‘Very hard to believe’ Defence Forces chief was not aware of abuse in the military – former captainAt least one instance of alleged sexual assault reported directly to Lieut Gen Seán Clancy before Women of Honour allegationsFri Mar 31 2023 - 19:33
Russian ships return to Ireland’s west coast despite appearing to depart for AfricaEfforts to keep track of the vessels hampered by lack of Naval Service personnelFri Mar 31 2023 - 19:00
‘The final nail in the coffin’: Officers fear abuse report may be the last strawReactions range from an outright rejection of report’s findings, to acceptance, to optimism that it will prove to be a “watershed moment”Thu Mar 30 2023 - 05:00
Defence Forces scramble aircraft after Russian government ships spotted off west coastShips observed acting strangely near subsea cables off Galway. It was later determined they were probably avoiding poor weatherWed Mar 29 2023 - 01:00
Right-wing extremist jailed for possession of weapons parts and images of child abuseGardaí believe Mark Wolf, who was also found with child abuse imagery, was planning an attackTue Mar 28 2023 - 20:54
Women of Honour report: Statutory inquiry into military abuse likely to be recommended by reviewReport will detail bullying, harassment and sexual abuse of both female and male Defence Forces members over many yearsTue Mar 28 2023 - 03:00
Anti-immigration protests have ‘peaked’, gardaí believePraise for Garda response on St Patrick’s Day which saw officers stop far-right activists from disrupting paradeMon Mar 27 2023 - 18:53
Public discussions on future of Irish neutrality to be held later this yearPlans to be announced by Micheál Martin, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar indicatesFri Mar 24 2023 - 12:13
Just one prosecution in four years for failing to produce passport on arrival in Ireland More than 4,200 people arrived at Dublin Airport last year with no travel documentationThu Mar 23 2023 - 05:00
Ireland needs to increase co-operation with EU defence structures, committee hearsIncreased co-operation in defence will allow Ireland to be 'a contributor rather than a free-rider', says academicWed Mar 22 2023 - 15:34
Gardaí arrested over alleged food delivery rider extortion racketFour Dublin-based officers suspended as part of investigation by anti-corruption officersTue Mar 21 2023 - 19:52
Garda teams track ‘terrorists’ across EU borders in training exercise‘Operation Firestorm’ involved personnel from nine Europol member countries following fictional criminalsTue Mar 21 2023 - 13:07
US condemns Xi Jinping visit to Moscow days after ICC arrest warrant for PutinRussian and Chinese leaders welcome deepening bilateral relationsTue Mar 21 2023 - 06:42
